Trump affords condolences after Brown, Bondi Beach and Syria killings earlier than rambling White House speech | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump provided his condolences following shootings at Brown University, Bondi Beach and in Syria earlier than his unscripted remarks at a Christmas reception on the White House.

The president addressed a room filled with supporters for greater than 40 minutes Sunday as First Lady Melania Trump stood by his facet.

“I just want to pay my respects, unfortunately,” Trump stated. “Two who are no longer with us. Brown University, nine injured. Two are looking down on us from heaven.”

The taking pictures, which passed off on the Ivy League school’s Providence campus on Saturday, left two useless and 9 folks wounded. After embarking on a multi-agency manhunt, authorities stated they’ve an individual of curiosity in custody.

“Likewise in Australia, as you know there was a terrible attack,” the president added. “That was an antisemitic attack, obviously. I just want to pay my respects to everybody.”

On Sunday night, 15 folks had been killed and a minimum of 29 had been injured when two gunmen opened fireplace at an occasion referred to as Chanukah by the Sea in Bondi Beach, Sydney. One of the suspected attackers was detained and the opposite is useless.

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On Saturday, a person killed two U.S. service members and one American civilian and wounded three others within the Syrian desert close to the historic metropolis of Palmyra.

Trump has vowed to retaliate.

“I must say, in Syria, also, we had an attack in Syria,” Trump continued. “We had three great patriots terminated by bad people … But I just want to pay my respects to the families.”

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After addressing the three incidents, the president delved right into a prolonged, off-the-cuff rant, and at one mentioned venomous snakes for roughly 10 minutes.

He advised the story of a White House doctor, Dr. James Jones, who was bitten by a viper whereas mountain climbing in Peru with former President Barack Obama’s daughters. Jones misplaced consciousness a number of instances however ultimately recovered after months of rehabilitation.

“It’s known for being a rather rough place in terms of physical creatures crawling around,” the 79-year-old president stated of the South American nation.

“It’s funny when you talk about snakes and things like that, people find it interesting,” Trump stated to a hushed room. “Would anybody like to go to Peru and walk around the forest? No thank you, I’ll say no thank you.”

He acknowledged the snake anecdote was “a terrible Christmas story, but it’s a hell of story.”

“I’m fascinated by stories of wildlife because I have a theory: wildlife always wins,” he stated. “The power is incredible of animals.”

Later in his speech, he once more introduced up false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen and “rigged” towards him.

“The election was rigged in 2020,” Trump stated. “We have all the ammunition, all the stuff, and you’ll see it come out. It’s coming out in truckloads.”

Trump has repeatedly claimed, with out proof, that the election — which he misplaced to former President Joe Biden — was fraudulent.

Minutes later, he boasted that he may win the state of California, a dependable Democratic stronghold, if not for Democratic meddling.

“If the vote in California was legitimate, which it’s not … it’s a rigged election in California because we would win California by a lot,” Trump stated.

California Governor Gavin Newsom shortly responded to the comment in a submit on X, writing, “Hahahahahahahahaha ok.”

Trump once more veered off script when he seen a lady within the viewers, whom he stated bore a placing resemblance to his eldest daughter.

“Boy do you look like Ivanka, has anyone ever told you that?” Trump stated, pointing on the girl and asking her to show round for the digicam. “It’s the most unbelievable thing. You look just like Ivanka, which is a great compliment.”